well as you know I organise comps and we are having one in a few weeks. everyone enters at the last moment so that is a worry, when I ask abut entries to ours the other day the person collecting them had only received 1. which I believe was mine

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well as you know I organise comps and we are having one in a few weeks. everyone enters at the last moment so that is a worry, when I ask abut entries to ours the other day the person collecting them had only received 1. which I believe was mine

That's odd. You do non-profit, relatively low-cost, comps, right? For some reason, I assumed that those would not have been hit as hard as more expensive comps. Hmm.

Yes. The novelty of those shows is wearing off. So, presumably, there are fewer new bodies coming through the door. Apparently, the DWTS producers are thinking of revamping the show to appeal to a younger audience. Maybe that will help.

Yes. The novelty of those shows is wearing off. So, presumably, there are fewer new bodies coming through the door. Apparently, the DWTS producers are thinking of revamping the show to appeal to a younger audience. Maybe that will help.

... or maybe that will take all the ballroom out of it. We'll have parachute dancing and fire dancing and maybe butt dancing - but not ballroom

From what I've read, the goal is to get younger "celebrities" and thereby attract younger viewers. I think that the show itself is in decline but it has a core of faithful viewers -- middle aged ladies, if the water cooler conversations at work are anything to go by. I speculate that the producers won't be doing themselves any favors by getting celebs that their core viewers don't recognize. The only way young celebs would to attract younger viewers would be if they had the cash to attract A-list celebs. (Which kind of defeats the purpose of reality TV - entertainment on a budget.) Other than that, eh. Just admit that the show has outlived its popularity and move on to something new.

well I dont understand why they cant do that with normal regular viewers as well. So you think you can dance dacnes not use celebrities. we had a show here that did it with normal dancers and it worked well, but sometimes the costs is too high as it was not a commercial TV station that ran it.

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Nothing lasts forever, and the blush is definitely off this rose. *shrug* There are also copycat dance competition shows to contend with. I think the next season will be pivotal. The format of the show is set to change back to one night only -- no resullts show. Maybe streamlining will help the show survive.

The SYTYCD here in Canada died a swift death. Pulled under water and drowned due to politics, ego and greed.

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Everyone tries to rush up through the syllabus levles and think once they are at the top they have arrived. What they don't realize is that by doing this it is like skimming through a book, you may get the gist but you will never understand the story.

We won't have to worry about competitions up here soon enough. We lost well over 100 more competitors this year and added to the ones that have already left we are like a sinking ship with nobody bothering to try and bail or make repairs. As for competitions the battle of egos and pride is killing them off just as quickly.

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Everyone tries to rush up through the syllabus levles and think once they are at the top they have arrived. What they don't realize is that by doing this it is like skimming through a book, you may get the gist but you will never understand the story.

We won't have to worry about competitions up here soon enough. We lost well over 100 more competitors this year and added to the ones that have already left we are like a sinking ship with nobody bothering to try and bail or make repairs. As for competitions the battle of egos and pride is killing them off just as quickly.

perhaps its a catharsis -when there is no more pot to fight over the diners go elsewhere - opening things up for a renaissance...

We won't have to worry about competitions up here soon enough. We lost well over 100 more competitors this year and added to the ones that have already left we are like a sinking ship with nobody bothering to try and bail or make repairs. As for competitions the battle of egos and pride is killing them off just as quickly.

Hi R! Nice to meet you.

You mentioned ego damaging dancesport in two posts. I don't know what you mean. (I'm not from Canada, so I'm pretty ignorant about the goings on there.) Are there any particulars that you're comfortable sharing?

I was at Colorado Starball last weekend, and they were filming a new reality show which apparently will focus on pro-am competition, at least in some episodes. The TV people followed 2 pro-am couples competing in silver smooth on Saturday (they were also filming some stuff on Thursday and Friday, but I wasn't there). I have no idea what it will be called, or when it will be aired, but I think it will be on TLC channel. TV people were a nuisance, however. Everyone I talked to was happy to see them gone on Sunday.